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thin out, and along the route, which now skirted the old Lake 
Pickering with the chalk escarpment on the left, little or no 
trace of drift material could be seen. Turning northwards and 
ascending the escarpment at Flixton, a halt was made in a 
chalk quarry, halfway up the hill, to examine an exposure of the 
black Belemnitella plena Marls. These beds divide the Middle 
Chalk from the Lower, have a distinct fauna of their own. and 
can be traced as far south as Eastbourne. Looking north- 
ward from the summit of the escarpment, very fine views 
were obtained of the site of Lake Pickering, and the Oolitic 
Uplands beyond, and from this point of vantage Dr. Wood- 
head gave his address already referred to. 
From here a southward path was taken in the direction of 
Forden, which was reached after a tramp of three or four 
miles along a typically winding Wold Dale. The curious 
structure and appearance of these dales and rounded wolds 
was much appreciated by many members who had not pre- 
viously seen them, and an interesting discussion ensued as 
to their probable origin. 
On Monday the cliffs between Carr Naze and Cayton Bay 
were explored. As the party proceeded northwards the 
rocks were seen to gradually rise in the cliffs until at Gris- 
thorpe almost the whole series of the Lower and Middle Oolites 
were exposed. At Yons Nab the well-known Gristhorpe 
Plant Bed was located and many good specimens obtained. 
The following is a list of the finds supplied by Messrs. W. 
R. Barker and C. Bradshaw: — Williamsonia pecten, Lycopodites 
falcatus, Taeniopteris vittata, Nilssonia compta, Cladophlebis 
denticulata, Sphenopteris sp., Equisetites sp., two species of 
ferns in fructification (unidentified), and a seed probably belong- 
ing to one of the Cycads. 
We are indebted to the North Eastern Railway Company 
for the fine photographs reproduced on Plate XXI. 
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The Fourteenth Annual Report of the Art Gallery and Museums Com- 
mittee of Cheltenham contains eight plates illustrating flint implements 
but whether these succeed in demonstrating that there was intercourse 
between Gloucester and Ireland in neolithic times, on account of the 
similarity of the specimens found in the two areas, is another matter. 
Judging from the Gloucester examples figured, many others in this country 
could easily make a similar claim. 
The Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philo- 
sophical Society, Volume 58, Part 1, contain the following interesting 
papers : — ‘ The old Manchester Natural History Society and its Museums,’ 
by the President, Francis Nicholson ; ‘ Changes in the branchial lamellae 
of Ligia oceanica after prolonged immersion in fresh and salt water,' by 
Dorothy A. Stewart; ‘ Note on some products isolated from Soot,' by 
Professor E. Knecht and Eva Hibbert ; ‘ The Willow Titmouse in Lan- 
cashire and Cheshire,’ by T. A. Coward. 
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